Lisa Baue

06/19/2026

Juneteenth is a day that holds a lot.

It marks the moment in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned what had already been declared, that they were free. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom delayed, but not denied.

That gap, between what is declared and what is actually delivered, is worth sitting with today.

Juneteenth isn't just a history lesson. It's a living reminder that liberation is hard-won, that it requires witnesses and truth-tellers and people willing to say: this is not right, and we are not done yet.

We honor that today. The courage it took. The joy that came with it. And the work that continues.

Happy Juneteenth.



Photograph by Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters

06/19/2026

Putting on the final touches to the playground at the ranch !
Grandsons are loving it❣️🫶

06/18/2026

You learned to be quiet. The profession reinforced it.

But the silence that serves a grieving family is not the same silence that's costing you your seat at the table.

There's a difference between sacred stillness and strategic disappearing. This post is about knowing which one you're doing, and why it matters more than you think.

Read it. Then ask yourself the question at the end. It might be the one you've been avoiding.

I grew up in a family where children were to be seen and not heard. Sit quietly at the dinner table.

06/17/2026

The research doesn't exist yet. We're building it, one voice at a time.
Take our pulse survey and tell us what it's really like to be a woman in funeral service.

⏰ The survey closes June 30.
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KDTJR97

06/16/2026

Congratulations, Alicia Carr! 👏

Alicia is a Founding Board Member of Funeral Women Lead, a member of 4 Women & a Funeral Podcast, and a powerhouse behind Kelco Supply Company. This “behind the curtain” look is a great read! It gives you a beautiful look at the woman and the family legacy behind it all.

Alicia is one of those people who makes everyone around her better. A gifted businesswoman, a good friend, and a tireless supporter of many charitable causes. She truly exemplifies leadership in all she does. Our Foundation is stronger because of her.

If you haven't read this one yet, make the time. It's worth every word.

Thank you, FuneralVision.com for this excellent article on my friend Alicia Carr! 💛

Alicia Carr stepped into the CEO role at a time when both funeral service and its supply chain were still largely male-dominated.

06/15/2026

44 years in funeral service taught Lisa Baue a lot about giving everything to this profession.

It also taught her what happens when you do not save anything for yourself.

In her latest article, she shares four small daily shifts that helped her stop running on empty, and finally build a life that matched the career she had worked so hard for.

Simple, practical and hard-won. 🧡

Read the full article below.

I want to tell you something that took me far too long to understand. Work-life balance is not something that eventually appears on your horizon like a reward for all the sacrifice you have made.

06/15/2026

🎉 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

More than 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 have already shared their experiences, insights, challenges, and aspirations through our Pulse Survey.

That's 500 voices helping us better understand what women in our profession need to thrive as leaders, colleagues, business owners, and changemakers.

To everyone who has participated so far: 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 💛

But we're not done yet.

The survey remains open through 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟯𝟬, and we want to hear from even more women across funeral service, cremation, cemetery, and deathcare.

📣 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝘁?

Take 5 minutes.
Share your perspective.
Help shape the future of women in funeral service.

✅ 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 ✅ 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 ✅ 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟯𝟬

🔗 Take the survey today and make your voice count: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KDTJR97

06/11/2026

My dad asked one question that changed everything:
Where are the women?

He asked it in the early 1980s. When he was serving as education chairman for the National Foundation of Funeral Service (now the Funeral Service Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Funeral Directors Association), he built a program around the answer. And that program became the Professional Women's Conference, which now draws nearly 200 women a year.

This year, we awarded the David C. Baue Scholarship to 20 women. That's 100 female and non-binary funeral professionals over five years who said, I am worth investing in. And they were right.
But here's what keeps me up at night: over 120 women applied for those 20 spots.

The hunger is real, the need is urgent, and we are not done.
Read the full story below. 💛

My dad believed that when you invest in a woman, you invest in the entire profession. We are still proving him right.